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Education

Dorrell Green stands inside a classroom
Delaware
K-12
Public Health

New Castle County offers schools $4.3 million in distance learning grants

Delaware’s largest county is offering grants for distance learning from its federal coronavirus relief award.

5 years ago

Sabrina Austin
K-12
New Jersey
Technology

Willingboro parents, teachers mixed on plans for all-virtual start to school

Willingboro, which leads Burlington County in COVID-19 cases, is planning an all-virtual start to the school year. Parents and teachers have mixed reactions.

5 years ago

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When classes resume in Delaware, public school students in kindergarten and above must wear masks. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware
K-12
Public Health

Carney mandates masks for Delaware kindergarteners when in-class learning resumes

Under earlier rules, only children age 12 and above had to wear masks in public and in school when classes resume. Now kindergarteners and anyone older must wear one in public

5 years ago

(WHYY file photo)
K-12
Public Health
Sports

Philly area Catholic schools cancel fall sports

The Catholic League joins Philadelphia’s Public League in opting out of the fall 2020 sports season.

5 years ago

A closeup of of a school bus
K-12
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. coronavirus recovery: Most Jersey schools delaying in-person instruction

More than 250 plans have been completed and approved, while 389 plans have been reviewed and returned for revisions, and 105 plans are still awaiting review.

5 years ago

FILE - In this April 18, 2019, file photo shows a sign for Zoom Video Communications ahead Nasdaq IPO in New York.  (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Higher Education
K-12
Public Health

Zoom suffers outage as students start classes online

Technical issues are occurring across the U.S., with the most reports on the East Coast, as well as in Europe.

5 years ago

State Sen. Judy Schwank (Commonwealth Media Services)
Pennsylvania
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice
Spotlight PA

After Spotlight PA report on campus racism, lawmaker tells state system to take action

Pa. Sen. Judy Schwank (D., Berks) is calling on Pennsylvania’s 14 public universities not to forget another critical issue amidst confronting COVID: racial equity.

5 years ago

In this Wednesday, March 18, 2020, file photo, people remove belongings on campus at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
Higher Education
Public Health

As more colleges stay online, students demand tuition cuts

Disputes are flaring both at colleges that announced weeks ago they would stick with virtual instruction and at those that only recently lost hope of reopening their campuses.

5 years ago

Unionville High School in Kennett Square, Pa. (Courtesy of Unionville High School)
K-12
Pennsylvania
Race & Ethnicity

Unionville High School’s team name is likely to be retired

A recommendation to abandon Native American iconography will go before the school board Monday. Resistance has been less vocal than in other districts.

5 years ago

School District of Philadelphia headquarters
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Philadelphia

Philly announces supervised sites for families who need child care this fall

The 31 “Access Centers” are supposed to be safe, supervised space where students can complete their online assignments while parents are at work.

5 years ago

(Office of Sen. Andrew W. Dinniman)
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Spotlight PA

Pa. lawmakers concerned ‘guidance’ for schools could open the door to COVID-19 lawsuits

Potential liability should students or staff become infected with COVID-19 at school is a top concern among some education leaders.

5 years ago

(Mustafa Aboud / Billy Penn)
K-12
Public Health
Billy Penn

Will school work this year? Philly students and teachers share hopes and fears

Online learning feels safest, but it can also have drawbacks.

5 years ago

School buses
Pennsylvania
Transportation

Pa. private, charter schools worry bus cuts will strand students

Some districts say they’ll continue to take these students to school, as usual, even though their own campuses are closed, while other districts plan to cancel bus service.

5 years ago

School hallway
K-12
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa. schools get state guidance about handling COVID-19 outbreaks

The state’s largest teachers union, the Pennsylvania State Education Association, urged schools to follow the guidelines but said they need more teeth.

5 years ago

Student discusses the good and bad of virtual learning
K-12
Technology

Delaware Valley students on the good and bad of virtual learning

WHYY youth interns Maizy Mennuti and Denzel Massaley interview students from Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey about their thoughts on virtual learning.

5 years ago

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